The Prison Video Link Project launch was held today behind the walls of the Belize Central Prison in Hattieville. The U.S. Embassy donated the building and equipment for the brand new Prison Courthouse and the Video Link System. Love News attended the unveiling of the project which was designed to modernize the operation of the criminal justice system. Jose Sanchez …

Christian Neal, Rafael Mencias and Wilser Echeverria escaped from the Belize Central Prison on March 7. The road to freedom was a very short one as the management agency for the prison, the Kolbe Foundation quickly set chase after the three men. Kolbe’s CEO Virgilio Murillo also joined the manhunt. Two of the men have been captured and Murillo told …

Shots rang out at the prison this morning, followed by a lockdown following an incident involving 19 year old Kevin Moore. Moore was admitted into the prison on a charge of aggravated assault. He was remanded at the Belize Central Prison. His next court appearance was scheduled for May 15 but it will not occur as this morning Moore attempted …

In decades gone by, there were an average of 50 escapes at the prison. That’s when it was run by the state. Since the Kolbe Foundation had taken up the mantle as the management partner of the institution, the numbers have fallen drastically. But this morning there were wide reports that residents of the Belize Central Prison have escaped. Indeed …

Orel Leslie is suing Kolbe Foundation since he claims that he was treated inhumanely while he was incarcerated at the institution. The case commenced today before Justice Courtney Abel where Leslie appeared with his attorney, Audrey Matura while Senior Counsel Philip Zuniga and Crown Counsel Agassi Finnegan appeared on behalf of the defendant, the Kolbe Foundation. At today’s court hearing, …

With over one thousand inmates at the Belize Central Prison, the Chief Executive Officer, Virgilio Murillo, gave a breakdown of the statistics at the institution. Virgilio Murillo CEO Kolbe Foundation: “We will have roughly 1200 other inmates, regular inmates, either remaded or convicted.” Jose Sanchez: “and the difference between the regular inmates and those on remand?” Virgilio Murillo CEO Kolbe …

It started as a dragnet of over a hundred gang-related persons but the effectiveness of the State of Emergency should be tested on Wednesday when the 30 days dry up on the detention of 51 men who are currently awaiting freedom at the Belize Central Prison tonight. The measure was addressed as far back as March by the Prime Minister …

The Central Prison in Hattieville houses 1,226 inmates. 485 of the inmates are remanded and are awaiting trial. In some cases, the slow moving court system has people on trial from 4 to 7 years for murder. And Kolbe’s staff has to discipline, feed and provide a structured living environment for them and those who are convicted criminals. The prison …

Forty-six-year-old Glenford “Bucket” Bermudez, who pled guilty to manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his wife, Raquel Bermudez, was sentenced to twenty years today by Justice Adolph Lucas. Justice Lucas subtracted 9 years, 10 months and 18 days from the sentence for time served while he was in prison. In arriving at the sentence Justice Lucas said he took into …

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